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Google Spaces: yet another messaging product

Google says that sharing things typically involves hopping between apps to copy and paste links. This is not a chat app, but an app specifically meant to assist in group sharing and having conversations around what you’ve shared. Spaces bring its A-game to organizing conversations and is the app to use for those who love Google platforms. It’s called Spaces, and Google has just announced it ahead of Google I/O. It’s easy to create a new space by letting users invite others with a text message, through social network, or via email.

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The app rolls out for Android and iOS today, as well as on deskiop, and Google promises that it has “a few surprises” for Spaces that it plans to unveil at its developers’ conference, IO, later this week.

The Google Play app is responsible for giving users the product they want whether it’s a big transaction or something small.

Open https://spaces.google.com in your browser. “We wanted to build a better group sharing experience”. This includes the ability to search for comments and shared images.

Although the goal doesn’t seem too revolutionary, Google Spaces gives users the convenience to access YouTube, Chrome and Google Search right from the app itself. Each session at I/O will have its own Space, making it easier for developers to connect with each other and talk about the topics with other like-minded individuals before and after the event. Instead of scrounging through various publications, users will have the chance to join a “space”, see what the company has to offer, as well as share views about it. You can visit the website here and download it for your device. “It’s simple enough: you create a “Space” dedicated to a particular interest, and then invite your friends to discuss”, explained TheNextWeb. The process is the same as writing a review for an already available app, though in this case the feedback doesn’t show up publicly.

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Spaces can easily become a serious rival for Facebook’s Messenger or WhatsApp, even Slack perhaps, because it is focusing on chatting and sharing inside a mobile-friendly enviroment.

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